Breakfast in Istanbul

**Neils** · 26-02-2011, 01:34 PM

Had a nice surprise a breakfast this morning, naturally the phone was charging so I couldn't get a snap. On the table was a huge deep langstroth comb of honey! Lovey thick honey fresh off the frame.

**Neils** · 28-02-2011, 05:14 PM

Full on blurry cam photo I'm afraid.

**Neils** · 28-02-2011, 05:23 PM

And while I was on my travels around the city I thought I'd seek out some honey for sale:

Comb honey in one of the local markets. These all seem to be cut comb of various different sorts. 78TL a kilo for the most expensive loose comb stuff (£31!)

And some more from the same place:

And in the spice market I came across some more, though this is more of a tourist market. Even so, £12 a pound for honey, I wouldn't say no to being able to sell mine at that price:

There were a lot of sections in evidence as well, this is the first time I've actually seen them used in anger and a couple of places making the point that they used no foundation (artificial wax) in the sections.

**gavin** · 01-03-2011, 01:47 AM

That is some price for cut comb! On the other hand, our local association treasurer sells a full super of naturally drawn comb of suburban flower honey to a hotelier for £200! It mostly gets used on cheese boards in the restaurant apparently.

I see that the Turks are happy to sell comb that has not been properly sealed.

**Neils** · 01-03-2011, 07:53 AM

Seems that way, they seen to price a section based on the weight and the aesthetic. A full section, completely sealed gets the best price which seems to be about 25TL and it goes down from there.